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How India became the big field of Economic Exploitation by the Britishers after First War of Independence?
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After the First War of Independence, India became the field of economic exploitation of the entire British people.
- The number of Englishmen in India, both private individuals and members of services, increased.
- The salary and allowances of the Secretary of State, civil servants and military officers were a large drain on the country's resources.
- India became a dumping ground for goods manufactured in England.
- There was a rapid rise in the indebtedness of the peasants under the British rule. The indigo peasants of Bihar revolted on a large scale in 1866-68.
- The British invested their surplus capital in Indian railways, coal mines, jute mills, shipping, etc. The Indians had to pay heavy interest and dividends on the capital invested in India.
- The British fought the Bhutan war in 1863, the Burma war in 1885 and a war with Afghanistan in 1878, whose costs both in men and money Indians had to bear.
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